joham
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However, this was a time when I had got to have a passport to live in Johannesburg.
This sentence comes from my textbook in an article about Nelson Mandela. According to
Webster's Dictionary of English Usage:
Have got to, have to, and the frequently recommended must can all be used in the present tense, but only had to can be used in the past.
could we say that the 'had got to' is not correctly used in tense?
This sentence comes from my textbook in an article about Nelson Mandela. According to
Webster's Dictionary of English Usage:
Have got to, have to, and the frequently recommended must can all be used in the present tense, but only had to can be used in the past.
could we say that the 'had got to' is not correctly used in tense?